The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-29

Mr.. J. J. Crawford, President OF the North
Fair Association, stood up in q wagon to
make an announcement when the horses
started, throwing him out and infiicting in
juries from which he died He was one Of
th. pioneers and citizens Of Adams County.
In the Pella poisoning case at Des Moines,
which had preliminary examination for
several days, the girl Ida Kamerich, who
was charged with putting poison in the
soup, was discharged, and Mr.. Vandeven,
the husband OF the murdered woman, was
bound over to the District Court.
The second trial Of John Arensdorf for
the murder Of Rev. George {. Haddock has
been set for Nov. IA next. and the trial OF
Granda goes over bv the consent of counsel.
The verdict in the Munchrath case gives
satisfaction to the public who think it
just sentence, tempered with right and
humanity.
Two passenger trains on the g. NJ. Il ST.
r. r. r., coilided in the city limits of
Dubuque at an early hour Monday morning,
during dense fog when neither train could
see the other. Five train hands were
consequential bruises. A misconstrnction
OF orders was the cause and the blame lies
with the conductor of the east bound train
or the train dispatcher at La Crosse.
The sale of the Eastern division of the
divisional branches OF the Central Iowa
railway took place at Marshs litown. P. r.
Lomax, special master, conducted the sale.
They were bought by James Thomson, OF
New York, tor the Stickney reorganization
committee. The Eastern division bought
S55o,OOD and the branches 100000. The
main line viii be sold on the 18th inst.
There was q sensation in Dubuque when
the little son OF Kennedy, on trial for the
| murder of his wife, was summoned to the
stand. The room was crowded with spec
tators. and as the little fellow gave his
testimony there was complete silence. lie
said he saw his mother the saturday after.
noon preceding the murder; she came home
ut 3 o'clock with the milk wagon from town
where she had been delivering milk. His
father cursed her because she had heated
the horses. When his father came home
that night and found that the mother was
not ut home he said he would kill her when
he found her. Sunday night his father came
home about half-past .. His face was wet
and bloody and he .ked for towel There
was none, aud he wiped his face on a piece
Of edticking, which still bears the bloody
mark.
The jury in the case Of Fred Munchrath
Jr., for killing Rev. Geo. e. Haddock al
Sioux City, We're out from $3.50 Saturday
evening until 2 p. N. on Sunday when they
came into court with the following verdict
We, til, jury, find the defendant, Fred
Munchrath, Jr., guilty of manslaughter.
/ n r. MCDoUGALL, Foreman.
| The jury was polled, and when each
member was asked II this was his verdict
answered YES The extreme penalty fol
| manslaughter in Iowa is eight years The
defendant was accompanied by his father
When he came into the court room to heal
| the report OF the jury he was deathly pale
and moved about his chair uneasily, it he
ing apparent that lie was making q decided
| effort to appear brave and unconcerned
| The announcement Of the verdict did no,
have any visible effect on him, and whel
his father lett the court room
he remained in his chair
The counsel for the defense gave the
customary notice Of a motion for q new
trial, but it is not thought that such q
motion will be granted by the court, a
there is no error in the record OF evidence
the only hope being on the construction oi
the law, which holds an accessory equally
guilty with the principal. Judge Wake
field announced that sentence would be pro
| nounced on Monday, Sept. 26 In the
meantime the defendant is at liberty on his
| lond. 1t is learned that the jury on the
/ first ballot stood five for acquittal and
seven for conviction of murder in the
/ first degree TN the second ballot the vote
/ sioOu Two IOT dCdulIIul. Inc felnal0X DalOt&
We're taking to determine the degree OF guilt
and it was not until morniug that the uues
| ton OF manslaughter was considered. One
juror, James Collins, said that he could moi
see that the evidence warranted conviction
| OF murder in the first degree, and would moi
vote for such sentence Ii he stayed there
during the remainder Of his life. The YER
| dict is considerable Of surprise there, where
the facts are all known, The failure ol
securing conviction in the Arensdorf case
and the apparent lack Of interest in the
| present trial had led to the belief that the
jury would not do more than disagree. Il
| is now limited that Munchrath may be in
| duced to talk